Work ethic curtails competitiveness again
Thursday, September 04, 2014
Makgato-Malesu
The global competitiveness report 2014-15 released yesterday shows that Botswana remained unchanged at 74th place out of 144 countries. In Africa, Botswana came out the fourth most competitive economy after Mauritius (39) South Africa (56) and Rwanda (62).
In 2012, Botswana was ranked 79th having climbed one place from 80th in 2011.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...